"Great Hymns and Modern Instances," |
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... seemed to be singing the great hymn , " From Greenland's icy mountains . " The noble of the land delighted to do him honor and the government awarded him a splendid testimonial . The humble old minister who had but one convert in the ...
... seemed to be singing the great hymn , " From Greenland's icy mountains . " The noble of the land delighted to do him honor and the government awarded him a splendid testimonial . The humble old minister who had but one convert in the ...
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... seemed to me fitting . " The ruler of all the Russias sent at once to Gallitzen , asking for the very book from which he had read , and never afterward parted with it . Shortly after Charles H. Spurgeon settled in London the cholera ...
... seemed to me fitting . " The ruler of all the Russias sent at once to Gallitzen , asking for the very book from which he had read , and never afterward parted with it . Shortly after Charles H. Spurgeon settled in London the cholera ...
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... seemed to be sung by one or two voices and then would roll out the mighty organ's tones with all the vested choir : Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness , and for His Wonderful works to the children of men . Again would ...
... seemed to be sung by one or two voices and then would roll out the mighty organ's tones with all the vested choir : Oh that men would praise the Lord for His goodness , and for His Wonderful works to the children of men . Again would ...
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... seemed like an army of priests coming from the sacrifice . This one picture painted as the novelist knows how to paint , in his best days , would have shown us what virtues , wanting in our own camp , had kept fortune in the service of ...
... seemed like an army of priests coming from the sacrifice . This one picture painted as the novelist knows how to paint , in his best days , would have shown us what virtues , wanting in our own camp , had kept fortune in the service of ...
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... seemed to hang in his memory , probably in con- nection with the church service he had attended in Italy . We often heard distinctly the cadence of the " Dies Irae " and I think the last we could make out was the first stanza of a still ...
... seemed to hang in his memory , probably in con- nection with the church service he had attended in Italy . We often heard distinctly the cadence of the " Dies Irae " and I think the last we could make out was the first stanza of a still ...
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Adoniram Judson ain countrie Amen angels beautiful Behold Bible Bishop blessed blood Charles Wesley choir Christ Christian Christmas Evans church darkness door earth Edgar Page English eternal Fanny Crosby father fear give glorious glory God's hand hath hear heard heart heaven Henry Dunster hills hirelin hymn hymnology Isaac Watts Jesus John John Brown Juxta crucem king knocked land language light lil brack sheep lines lived Lone Star loving kindness mercy mighty missionary morning Nahum Tate Neumarck never night o'er Ongole poor praise prayer preach psalm quote rolled salvation sang Scotch seemed sermon sheepfol shepherd Shine sing singers solemn song soul splendid stand star of Bethlehem stood story sung tears tell thee things thou truth unto verse Vinton voice W. T. Stead Watts William Carey wonderful word writer wrote
Popular passages
Page 16 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 65 - I THINK when I read that sweet story of old, When Jesus was here among men, How he called little children as lambs to his fold, I should like to have been with them then.
Page 20 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 64 - The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky. And spangled heavens — a shining frame Their great Original proclaim. The unwearied sun, from day to day Doth his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand.
Page 1 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 57 - . . At eve hold not thy hand ; To doubt and fear give thou no heed,— Broad-cast it o'er the land.
Page 72 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 7 - Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; More than all in Thee I find ; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is Thy name, I am all unrighteousness ; False and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 30 - What though beneath thee man put forth His pomp, his pride, his skill ; And arts that made fire, flood, and earth, The vassals of his will ; — Yet mourn I not thy parted sway, Thou dim discrowned king of day...
Page 116 - Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear Friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend ! No ; when I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere His Name.